to New Jersey seventh graders are facing
criminal charges over the skull breaker
challenge the challenge is causing
serious injuries offline twelve-year-old
Parker from Alabama broke his wrist but
the challenge can also cause even more
serious head injuries that's what
happened to Mark Schenker's 13 year old
son he subsequently fell hit his head
and suffered a concussion and a seizure
as a result of the fall now his sons to
seventh grade classmates are facing
third degree charges of aggravated
assault and endangering an injured
victim I think it's a shame that it came
to that
but it is what it is now hopefully this
will have taught them a really serious
lesson in filing the charges the acting
prosecutor says she wants to send a
message please talk to your children
about the potential consequences when
you participate in a challenge or online
trend while the challenges may seem
funny or get views on social media
platforms they can have serious and
long-lasting health consequences the
challenge is also a form of
cyberbullying experts say you are now
recording yourself assaulting someone
and now you've put it out publicly so
absolutely this is gonna follow you tick
tock is sharing this morning with its
platform users videos that encourage
neighbors behavior just end up getting
taken down from tech hunka anyway so
it's not worth it adding this such
videos quote certainly won't make you
tick tock famous
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